NYT Monday, August 19, 2024 Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 19, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

NYT Monday, August 19, 2024 Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Ringlet. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: CURL

  Possible Answer : gyre, Robert_Curl, curl, ringlet, Robert_Floyd_Curl_Jr., curlicue, coil, wave, draw_in, lock, kink, curve, curl_up, scroll, loop, Robert_F._Curl, Curl, roll, whorl

  Possible Opposite Answer : uncoil




• The clue is 5. Texas Roadhouse specialty. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: STEAK

  Possible Answer : steak




• The clue is 10. Mideast country with a Supreme Leader. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: IRAN

  Possible Answer : Persia, Islamic_Republic_of_Iran, Iran




• The clue is 14. ___ Stadium, former home for the Mets. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SHEA




• The clue is 15. Entourage. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: POSSE

  Possible Answer : posse, posse_comitatus




• The clue is 16. Farm tower. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SILO

  Possible Answer : silo




• The clue is 17. Prime cut of beef … or 5-Across, literally?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: TOPSIRLOIN




• The clue is 19. Narcissists have big ones. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: EGOS

  Possible Answer : self, ego, self-importance, egotism




• The clue is 20. Tongue-tingling taco topping. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: HOTSALSA




• The clue is 21. Cutesy giggle. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: TEHEE




• The clue is 22. Pine (for). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LONG

  Possible Answer : yearn, long, recollective, hanker, farseeing, foresightful, prospicient, retentive, tenacious, longsighted, farsighted, foresighted

  Possible Opposite Answer : unretentive, short




• The clue is 23. Like a record seven Nolan Ryan games. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: NOHIT




• The clue is 25. Bundle of hay. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BALE

  Possible Answer : bale, Basel, Basle, Bale




• The clue is 28. Gift of ___ (eloquence). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: GAB

  Possible Answer : causerie, chitchat, chin_wag, chin-wagging, tittle-tattle, small_talk, yak, gabfest, chit-chat, chin_wagging, chit_chat, gossip, gab, chin-wag




• The clue is 30. Approximately three-quarters of all known chemical elements. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: METALS

  Possible Answer : metal, metallic_element, alloy




• The clue is 33. This Greek letter: Ω. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: OMEGA

  Possible Answer : omega, Z




• The clue is 35. Set of four on a Brit's car. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: TYRES

  Possible Answer : Sur, tire, tyre, Tyre




• The clue is 37. Nothing. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: NIL

  Possible Answer : aught, naught, zero, nada, goose_egg, cipher, nothing, null, nil, zilch, zip, zippo, cypher, nix




• The clue is 38. Bozo. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: OAF

  Possible Answer : gawk, goon, lout, stumblebum, oaf, lubber, lump, clod, lummox




• The clue is 39. Pop singer Gwen. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: STEFANI




• The clue is 41. ABC a.m. program, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: GMA




• The clue is 42. Explosive block in Minecraft. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: TNT

  Possible Answer : trinitrotoluene, TNT




• The clue is 43. "Such a tragedy". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SOSAD




• The clue is 44. Nail technician's workplace. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SALON

  Possible Answer : beauty_shop, beauty_parlour, salon, beauty_parlor, beauty_salon




• The clue is 46. Go on and on. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: YABBER




• The clue is 48. Oil-drilling apparatus. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: RIG

  Possible Answer : carriage, manipulate, fishing_tackle, semi, rigging, set_up, set, cheat, getup, trucking_rig, articulated_lorry, outfit, fishing_rig, trailer_truck, rig, turnout, tackle, swindle, tractor_trailer, equipage, fishing_gear




• The clue is 50. Common email sign-off. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BEST

  Possible Answer : expert, upright, intimately, in_force, C._H._Best, respectable, practiced, dear, adept, advantageously, in_effect, outflank, Charles_Herbert_Best, honest, outdo, estimable, serious, better, unspoiled, unspoilt, good, proficient, skillful, well, easily, sound, secure, comfortably, topper, right, near, substantially, scoop, best, ripe, effective, safe, Best, undecomposed, dependable, beneficial, considerably, honorable, trump, full, salutary, just, skilful

  Possible Opposite Answer : bad, disadvantageously, badly, worst, evil, ill




• The clue is 51. Soothes. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: EASES

  Possible Answer : easiness, EAS, allay, repose, simplicity, alleviate, Emergency_Alert_System, simpleness, relieve, relief, rest, comfort, ease, facilitate, relaxation, informality, still

  Possible Opposite Answer : difficulty




• The clue is 53. Sounds at a fireworks show. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OOHS

  Possible Answer : ooh, aah




• The clue is 55. Big name in big-box stores. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: KOHLS

  Possible Answer : kohl




• The clue is 57. Sparks that ignite a match?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: PASSIONS

  Possible Answer : cacoethes, love, heat, Passion, mania, Passion_of_Christ, passion, warmth, passionateness, rage




• The clue is 61. Anagram and synonym of "vile". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: EVIL

  Possible Answer : malefic, iniquity, vicious, malign, wickedness, evil, malevolent, immorality, evilness

  Possible Opposite Answer : good, goodness




• The clue is 62. Balance sheet total … or 68-Across, literally?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: BOTTOMLINE




• The clue is 64. Window segment. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PANE

  Possible Answer : paneling, battery-acid, acid, dot, Elvis, superman, Lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds, window_pane, Zen, panelling, loony_toons, dose, window_glass, pane, pane_of_glass, back_breaker




• The clue is 65. Popular sans-serif typeface. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ARIAL




• The clue is 66. Ohm or ampere. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: UNIT

  Possible Answer : whole, unit_of_measurement, building_block, social_unit, unit




• The clue is 67. "Here's a shorter summary," on internet forums. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TLDR




• The clue is 68. D.C.'s subway system. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: METRO

  Possible Answer : metro, tube, underground, subway_system, subway




• The clue is 69. "Bye for now!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TATA

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Winter hrs. in Chicago. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: CST

  Possible Answer: CST, Central_Time, Central_Standard_Time

• The clue is 2. "This can't be good!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: UHOH

• The clue is 3. Seized vehicle, informally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: REPO

• The clue is 4. Final part of a journey. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: LASTLEG

• The clue is 5. Jumped suddenly. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SPRANG

  Possible Answer: reverberate, form, spring, take_shape, bound, rebound, recoil, ricochet, jump, take_a_hop, resile, leap, bounce, take_form

• The clue is 6. Places to stop and pay on a turnpike. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: TOLLGATES

  Possible Answer: tollgate, tollbar

• The clue is 7. Those: Sp.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ESOS

• The clue is 8. Thai or Taiwanese. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ASIAN

  Possible Answer: Asian, Asiatic

• The clue is 9. Jennings of "Jeopardy!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: KEN

  Possible Answer: cognizance, ken, sight

• The clue is 10. "Yeah, that seems plausible to me". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ISEEIT

• The clue is 11. One of four for a square … or 32-Down, literally?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: RIGHTANGLE

• The clue is 12. Soothing succulent. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALOE

  Possible Answer: aloe

• The clue is 13. Through which we sniff, snort and sneeze. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: NOSE

  Possible Answer: intrude, nose, nuzzle, pry, poke, horn_in, olfactory_organ, nozzle, wind, scent

• The clue is 18. Prefix meaning "equal". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ISO

• The clue is 21. Culminating work for a graduate student. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: THESIS

  Possible Answer: dissertation, thesis

• The clue is 24. Sign for the superstitious. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OMEN

  Possible Answer: foretell, Muscat_and_Oman, bode, foreshadow, Sultanate_of_Oman, omen, presage, betoken, prognostic, augur, prefigure, prognostication, forecast, prognosticate, predict, Oman, auspicate, portent, portend, prodigy

• The clue is 25. Tush. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BOOTY

  Possible Answer: swag, dirty_money, prize, loot, pillage, plunder, booty

• The clue is 26. Kitchen appliance brand. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: AMANA

• The clue is 27. Abandoned … or 25-Down, literally?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: LEFTBEHIND

• The clue is 29. Without question. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BYFAR

• The clue is 31. Cars for stars. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LIMOS

  Possible Answer: limousine, limo

• The clue is 32. Biased point of view. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SLANT

  Possible Answer: cant_over, tip, rake, pitch, weight, angle, slant, lean, cant, tilt

• The clue is 34. Judge the value of. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ASSESS

  Possible Answer: value, buttocks, fucking, keister, derriere, tooshie, measure, can, fundament, assess, rear, hind_end, tax, buns, screw, shtup, butt, seat, piece_of_tail, valuate, backside, screwing, ass, prat, nates, tush, appraise, bum, evaluate, fuck, bottom, behind, nooky, tail, posterior, stern, arse, hindquarters, tail_end, fanny, piece_of_ass, rear_end, rump, nookie, roll_in_the_hay, shag

• The clue is 36. Whom "video killed," in a 1979 hit. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: RADIOSTAR

• The clue is 40. Ripped. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TORE

  Possible Answer: tore, snap, shoot_down, rupture, bust, shoot, charge, buck, pluck, deplume, tear, pull, displume, torus, deplumate

• The clue is 45. Swedish vodka brand. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: ABSOLUT

• The clue is 47. Hoops player. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: BALLER

• The clue is 49. Break off from the band. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: GOSOLO

• The clue is 52. Fern's reproductive cell. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SPORE

  Possible Answer: spore

• The clue is 54. That guy. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: HIM

• The clue is 55. Held on to. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: KEPT

  Possible Answer: keep, stay_fresh, maintain, keep_open, retain, observe, save, hold_open, go_along, hold_back, kept, preserve, keep_back, restrain, celebrate, go_on, keep_on, prevent, continue, hold_on, unbroken, proceed, sustain, hold

  Possible Opposite Answer : broken, discontinue, break, let, lose

• The clue is 56. Poorly drawn circle, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OVAL

  Possible Answer: egg-shaped, elliptical, elliptic, ovoid, oval, ovate, prolate, oviform, ellipse, oval-shaped

• The clue is 58. Going ___ (squabbling). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ATIT

• The clue is 59. Singer Simone in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: NINA

  Possible Answer: Nina

• The clue is 60. Foul mood. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SNIT

  Possible Answer: snit

• The clue is 62. Walloping sound. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: BAM

  Possible Answer: bang, bam, clap, Bam, eruption, blast

• The clue is 63. Approximation given for a food delivery, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ETA

  Possible Answer: Euskadi_ta_Askatasuna, eta, ETA, Basque_Fatherland_and_Liberty, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, May 22, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 64 (31 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.9 letters

Across Clues Explained - Saturday NYT Crossword May 22, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Regarding	5
2A	6. Take back, in a way	4
3A	10. Start of an aside	4
4A	14. Omega competitor	5
5A	15. Something hitting a nerve?	4
6A	16. Papyrus, e.g.	4
7A	17. "Take me with you!"	5
8A	18. Begin flirting with someone, so to speak	9
9A	20. Assign	5
10A	21. Hoth, in "Star Wars"	9
11A	22. ___ rule	3
12A	23. They don't hold water	9
13A	24. Feudal figure	5
14A	26. Panegyric, e.g.	6
15A	27. Sci-fi enemy collective, perhaps	10
16A	31. Ones born beginning in the early 2010s	15
17A	37. They might cut to the chase	10
18A	38. Electrically balanced, in chemistry	6
19A	42. Leaders at the Kaaba	5
20A	43. "Things are going great for me!"	9
21A	46. Muscle worked in rowing exercises, for short	3
22A	47. Portmanteau coinage for the uneducated and uncultured	9
23A	48. Touches, e.g.	5
24A	51. Special pawn move in chess	9
25A	52. Many a Madrileño	5
26A	53. Enemy of Wonder Woman	4
27A	54. Best Picture-nominated 2011 film based on a children's book	4
28A	55. Certain Caribbean, informally	5
29A	56. Self-___	4
30A	57. What might help you get out of a rough spot?	4
31A	58. Is just awful	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Regarding"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASFOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Take back, in a way"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Start of an aside"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that in addition
• Words that mean the same thing: besides, likewise, too
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Omega competitor"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEIKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Something hitting a nerve?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
• Words that mean the same thing: axone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Papyrus, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
• Words that mean the same thing: John Reed, vibrating reed, beating-reed instrument
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. "Take me with you!""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILLGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Begin flirting with someone, so to speak"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAKEAMOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Assign"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that allow to have
• Words that mean the same thing: distribute, lot, shell out
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Hoth, in "Star Wars""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICEPLANET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. ___ rule"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a disorderly crowd of people
• Words that mean the same thing: crime syndicate, rabble, pile
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. They don't hold water"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
• Words that mean the same thing: strainer
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STRAINERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Feudal figure"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
• Words that mean the same thing: liege subject, Luik, feudatory
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIEGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Panegyric, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an expression of approval and commendation
• Words that mean the same thing: kudos, extolment, congratulations
• The opposite would be: criticize
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRAISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Sci-fi enemy collective, perhaps"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVILEMPIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Ones born beginning in the early 2010s"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GENERATIONALPHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. They might cut to the chase"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEISTFILMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Electrically balanced, in chemistry"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APOLAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "42. Leaders at the Kaaba"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for shiites an imam is a recognized authority on islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
• Words that mean the same thing: imaum, imam
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. "Things are going great for me!""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMONAROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "46. Muscle worked in rowing exercises, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a broad flat muscle on either side of the back
• Words that mean the same thing: latissimus dorsi
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "47. Portmanteau coinage for the uneducated and uncultured"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that class consisting of all those who are considered boobs
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOOBOISIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Touches, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files
• Words that mean the same thing: iPod
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IPODS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "51. Special pawn move in chess"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENPASSANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. Many a Madrileño"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the english `mr' or `sir'
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Enemy of Wonder Woman"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
• Words that mean the same thing: are, ar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Best Picture-nominated 2011 film based on a children's book"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that french poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in france (1802-1885)
• Words that mean the same thing: Victor Hugo, Victor-Marie Hugo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Certain Caribbean, informally"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRINI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Self-___"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that give certain properties to something
• Words that mean the same thing: take in, clear, build
• The opposite would be: unmake, unmade
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. What might help you get out of a rough spot?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
• Words that mean the same thing: press, cast-iron, Fe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Is just awful"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of sucking
• Words that mean the same thing: take in, suckle, take up
• The opposite would be: bottlefeed
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUCKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle May 22, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Home to 41-Down	4
2D	2. Convince	4
3D	3. "I wanna know all the details"	8
4D	4. Start of a modern inquiry	8
5D	5. Drink similar to sarsaparilla	8
6D	6. Co-star of 1984's "Ghostbusters"	5
7D	7. Right on	5
8D	8. Aces with aces?	9
9D	9. Like some households	9
10D	10. Designer with an eponymous hotel in the Burj Khalifa	6
11D	11. Currency units in West Africa	6
12D	12. Grievous	6
13D	13. "Golden Boy" playwright	5
14D	19. Actress Shawkat of "Arrested Development"	4
15D	24. Assignment for an anchor	3
16D	25. "___ noticed ..."	3
17D	28. Great Hindu sage	9
18D	29. Late-Triassic flier	9
19D	30. It can be found right on a clock	3
20D	32. "100 Years ... 100 Stars" and others, in brief	8
21D	33. The world's largest desert capital, after Cairo, Egypt	8
22D	34. Like a relationship with an ex, maybe	8
23D	35. Utterance while chewing on a pencil	3
24D	36. One often sent packing?	3
25D	38. Deity that becomes a given name when its fifth letter is moved to the front	6
26D	39. Beat	6
27D	40. Looking to steal, say	6
28D	41. So-called "Land of a Million Elephants"	4
29D	43. Building support	5
30D	44. Words not everyone understands	5
31D	45. Intimate	5
32D	49. Hit on the head, in slang	4
33D	50. Indian honorifics	4

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Home to 41-Down"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Convince"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the activity of persuading someone to buy
• Words that mean the same thing: trade, deal, betray
• The opposite would be: buy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "I wanna know all the details""

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FILLMEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Start of a modern inquiry"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OKGOOGLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Drink similar to sarsaparilla"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOTBEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Co-star of 1984's "Ghostbusters""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Right on"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that claim as due or just
• Words that mean the same thing: demand, claim, take
• The opposite would be: inexact
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Aces with aces?"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POKERPROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Like some households"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONEPARENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Designer with an eponymous hotel in the Burj Khalifa"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARMANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Currency units in West Africa"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of money in sierra leone; equal to 100 cents
• Words that mean the same thing: leone
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Grievous"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
• Words that mean the same thing: terrible, stark, grievous
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEVERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "Golden Boy" playwright"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states playwright (1906-1963)
• Words that mean the same thing: Clifford Odets
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Actress Shawkat of "Arrested Development""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "24. Assignment for an anchor"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
• Words that mean the same thing: pegleg, wooden leg, ramification
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. "___ noticed ...""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Great Hindu sage"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAHARISHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Late-Triassic flier"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an extinct reptile of the jurassic and cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb
• Words that mean the same thing: flying reptile
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PTEROSAUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. It can be found right on a clock"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Words that mean the same thing: threesome, ternion, deuce-ace
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: III

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. "100 Years ... 100 Stars" and others, in brief"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFILISTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. The world's largest desert capital, after Cairo, Egypt"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIMAPERU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Like a relationship with an ex, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or relating to or characteristic of plato or his philosophy
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLATONIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Utterance while chewing on a pencil"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HMM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. One often sent packing?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: buns, tooshie, tush
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Deity that becomes a given name when its fifth letter is moved to the front"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMONRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Beat"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POOPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Looking to steal, say"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONBASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. So-called "Land of a Million Elephants""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern asia; achieved independence from france in 1949
• Words that mean the same thing: Lao, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Laotian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Building support"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IBEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Words not everyone understands"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
• Words that mean the same thing: vernacular, cant, patois
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Intimate"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LETON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Hit on the head, in slang"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DONK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Indian honorifics"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SRIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	48	75.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	6	9.4%
Short Answer	5	7.8%
Abbreviation	1	1.6%
Literature	1	1.6%
Food & Drink	1	1.6%
Geography	1	1.6%
History	1	1.6%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	64
Average Answer Length	5.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM